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• Commented on Who scrubbed Wikipedia's entry for Sarah Palin just before nom announcement?
  ANTINOUS @ #70 "What do you get out of defending someone who did something in obvious bad faith?" I havent reviewed any diffs or anything, but can you show me a good example of obvious bad faith? To be clear,...
• Commented on Who scrubbed Wikipedia's entry for Sarah Palin just before nom announcement?
  Because she is accountable for the sins of her daughter, right? Ok, so if she's pro-drilling or whatever, then how about a big article about why her oil positions are harmful to the country? Why fall for the distraction? Im...
• Commented on Who scrubbed Wikipedia's entry for Sarah Palin just before nom announcement?
  ADONAI @ #66 "If it is true, it is a big deal." Really? Why?...
• Commented on Who scrubbed Wikipedia's entry for Sarah Palin just before nom announcement?
  Takuan @ #61 Im sorry, not enough frapping comments for you? I mean, if not toeing the line gets you disemvoweling, but frapping on the thread gets nary a peep, then let me be the first to say ZOMG! McCain's...
• Commented on Who scrubbed Wikipedia's entry for Sarah Palin just before nom announcement?
  OM @#56 "She's the first political candidate we've had for a major office who's going to get a whole generation of teens through puberty" Hw bt y cm bck whn thts dn nd lt th dlts tlk, k?...
• Commented on Who scrubbed Wikipedia's entry for Sarah Palin just before nom announcement?
  TROY @#44 Nah Wiki is generally good except for articles about recient events or highly politically charged stuff. One look at the oh so reasoned responses here should tell you why. Once the fickle minded have all moved on to...
• Commented on Who scrubbed Wikipedia's entry for Sarah Palin just before nom announcement?
  TNH @16 "Saying "just change it back" is seriously disingenuous." Why? Is the undo button broken?...
• Commented on Singularity Summit: Oct 25, San Jose CA
  #14 Show me a computer, or any machine, that can create the same way Cory creates, then we'll talk. Who cares that we can make machines that can copy themselves, most machines are made by other machines, they just cant...
• Commented on Singularity Summit: Oct 25, San Jose CA
  #7 Well your sort of assuming that everytyhing can be sucessfully simulated, which is hard to argue. Ill have to think a bit about your reductionist argument, it makes alot of sense but seems flawed in some way i cant...
• Commented on Singularity Summit: Oct 25, San Jose CA
  #4 While technically correct, your playing the same sort of word games as the "computers are intelligent" crowd. If you use a broad enough definition of machine (or intelligence) then yes, humans are machines (or computers are intelligent). However, from...
• Commented on Singularity Summit: Oct 25, San Jose CA
  "It's in that future where many people think that machine intelligence will surpass human intelligence." Ugh, computers arent intelligent, they are just machines. Anthropomorphism FTL....
• Commented on Stanford Prison Experiment researcher's new study about everyday heroism
  I should amend my previous comments: "with the Standford prison experiment" I dont know that much about Zimbardo other than the SPE, ive never read his book....
• Commented on Stanford Prison Experiment researcher's new study about everyday heroism
  #43 The problem isnt invalid conclusions being drawn, its that no conclusions can be drawn from a bad experiment. Garbage in garbage out. Milgram's work wasent perfect, but he deserves real credit for his work. The ethics of it are...
• Commented on Stanford Prison Experiment researcher's new study about everyday heroism
  To be more clear on my last point, if your going to do an ethnographic study of a culture, and you use a representation of that culture, rather then the real thing, then your study is only as good as...
• Commented on Stanford Prison Experiment researcher's new study about everyday heroism
  #34 If this study is ethnographical then why not study actual prisons? What is the point of creating a fake culture then studying it holistically? "The study is so powerful because it suggests how easily any of us can slip...
• Commented on Stanford Prison Experiment researcher's new study about everyday heroism
  TNH @24 "prison systems are full of uncontrolled variables. I don't know where you're getting that "shoddy and unnecessary," unless you're being contrary." Yes prison systems are full of uncontrolled variables, however uncontrolled variables are not fatal to an experiment...
• Commented on Stanford Prison Experiment researcher's new study about everyday heroism
  The word for that is role playing, not science....
• Commented on Stanford Prison Experiment researcher's new study about everyday heroism
  I think the Stanford prison experiment was stupid. If Zimbardo wanted to study prisons or prisoners or guards he could have just studied the prisons around the world that already existed. His experiment was shoddy and unnecessary....
• Commented on Bush-McCain "Tijuana Bibles" at DNC
  #26 See now that, that's just fine IMO. Its not puerile for its own sake....
• Commented on Bush-McCain "Tijuana Bibles" at DNC
  #23 Your kidding, right? Dont fool yourself, its not that im offended, i just think its a tasteless plea for attention....
• Commented on Bush-McCain "Tijuana Bibles" at DNC
  #19 Way to totally miss the point....
• Commented on Bush-McCain "Tijuana Bibles" at DNC
  #17 Yea this is an appeal for "people to just pay attention to me"...
• Commented on Mother Jones interactive military presence map
  #24 Wow that MJ is proud of the country profile is particularly telling, I considered it more biased and unfounded then the map gradient thing....
• Commented on Mother Jones interactive military presence map
  #22 Clear data, huh? Take your medicine, your giving liberals an even worse name then they already have....
• Commented on Photo gallery of Israeli girls in the army
  #62 "I agree with those that feel this is somewhat intentionally sexual and commercial. As you go through these there are elements that seem a step past candid and accidental sexuality. Remember, a photographer captures the images he/she chooses to...
• Commented on Mother Jones interactive military presence map
  If you click on the countries on the map you get some more detail, but the detail is, well, a bit biased. For example, the blurb for Egypt says "Germ warfare!" but the text says that the US runs a...
• Commented on Photo gallery of Israeli girls in the army
  #42 "Please don't start that up." Why not? People see sex and genocide in those pictures, why cant i superimpose my politics on them as well?...
• Commented on Photo gallery of Israeli girls in the army
  So with all those weapons everywhere, Israel's rates of violence must be through the roof, right? Murders everywhere? Blood in the streets? Thousands of children dying? No?...
• Commented on Mother Jones interactive military presence map
  I think at least part of the Germany/Japan presence is historic, we took those places, were staying. The other part is to provide us with a means of staging actions nearby, Germany and the UK give us coverage of europe...
• Commented on Mother Jones interactive military presence map
  Well, South Korea makes some sense, although the US is winding down it presence there. As for the rest, Im not totally sure what the point of 60K guys in germany is, but it might be useful to know what...